Pay close attention to my second hypothetical answer. DO NOT EVER give your references to a staffing agency before the interview process has reached the offer stage. I've lost two really good references as a result of this, because they were being bombarded by account managers using the "reference check" as an excuse to pitch them on their staffing agency.
Your references should reasonably expect one call (maybe two at most) for every time you're looking for a job, not one regarding every other role you've been submitted for in a single job search. You depend on these people, so you need to shield them from overexposure and unscrupulous lead gen practices.
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Pay close attention to my second hypothetical answer. DO NOT EVER give your references to a staffing agency before the interview process has reached the offer stage. I've lost two really good references as a result of this, because they were being bombarded by account managers using the "reference check" as an excuse to pitch them on their staffing agency.
Your references should reasonably expect one call (maybe two at most) for every time you're looking for a job, not one regarding every other role you've been submitted for in a single job search. You depend on these people, so you need to shield them from overexposure and unscrupulous lead gen practices.